8 divorces is a lot, but it isn't a record.

According to Haredim10, and Actualic, some Yerushalmi guy just got his 8th divorce, setting some sort of undisclosed record.

I did a quick search online and found some guy with 28 divorces, and a lady with much more. I found a couple that set a record divorcing and remarrying each other 109 times! Maybe this guy's 8 divorces are a record for Israel or for Jerusalem, but it is not a global record. He is going to have to try harder..

The serial divorcer's 8th was his toughest to date. It almost left him an "Agun" - a chained husband. He was married to his 8th wife for just four months. When he wanted to give her a divorce, she ran off, leaving him abandoned and stuck. Poor guy.

After some searching, the case was turned over to the beis din's department of agunot. They found her in Tel Aviv and detained her, making her sit in jail overnight. She continued to refuse, and eventually the beis din convinced him to offer her a payment of 12,000NIS to agree to the divorce, which she accepted.

Crazy story. I wonder how the other marriages ended. I also wonder if maybe everyone would be better off had he been left "chained" and unable to marry again...